French Beans with Tomato

A classic vegetable dish that provides not only great colour, but also a great flavour and goes especially well with lamb.

Ingredients

100g french beans

40g cherry tomatos (4) or normal tomato (½)

1 clove of garlic

1 teaspoon of thyme leaves

1 tablespoon of olive oil

Preparation Time: 12 minutesCooking Time: 30 secondsServes: 2

Method

Cut the beans into roughly 2cm pieces and carefully put them into a pan of boiling water for 2 minutes. Then drain off the water through a sieve and hold them under cold, running water for 30 seconds.

If using cherry tomatos, cut them into quarters, otherwise, peel the skin off the tomato, chop it into quarters, remove the seeds and then finely dice it (this is called a concasse of tomato). Finely chop the garlic.

In a frying pan, heat the oil, then put everything in, season it with salt & pepper and gently toss or stir it for about thirty seconds.